Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-25

Gov Thayor OF Omaha has commits
stoned W. +. Cody buffalo BID aide
de-camp on his star, with the rank o
( colonel and also as commissioner OF the
state % Nebraska TO the American ex-
I hi ition in London.
Captain John Carlin, department com
mander Of the G.. A. r., of West Virginia,
and a veteran Of the war of the rebellion
aud the Mexican war, is dead.
Mother Euphemia, superioress of Mt St
Joseph's academy at Emmetsburg, Md,
and for % years head OF the sisters Of
charity of America, diel in Frederick
| Md. on the 18th inst
Great floods are reported in Dakota. At
Bismarck, for several days the Missouri
was six miles wide. A number of towns
along the shore were completely unin-
dated
Joseph Roy of Wisconsin, has been ap-
| pointed cchef clerk of the postofllce de
partment, vice 1hos f. Nash, resigned to
accept appointment as general superin
tendent of railway mail service
The demand for small bills throughout
! the country Is in excess Of the supply.
The total COPPER product for the year
| IS g. is l56, 373, ~ pounds Of which 1912,
S3S pound, was produced in the Lake Su
perior region.
The Ohio legislature has reconsidered
and passed the bill amending the Dow
liquor tax law which provides that in
places where prohibitory ordinances have
| been adopted it shall be no defense that
dealers are acting as the gallon agents OF
manufacturers.
Acting Secretary Fairchild has issued
circular TO the customs officers promul
eating the recent act Of congress author
ling the president 70 protect the rights
Of American fishing and American
trading and other vessels i'm certain cases"
etc, aud the act relating TO the importing
and landing Of mackeral caught during
the spawning season" and cal ing particu
lar attention to their provi ions. ~
Buffalo business men have adopted
resolutions declaring that telegraph and
telephone wires must 30 under ground
Three ,ailors were drowned Off White
stone. J.. l.. on the Dist inst.
DR. W Randall, well known physician
Of Ha,ting, Neb wa, arrested for out
raging the per on OF young girl OF II
years, who had been placed under his care
for treatment. After the doctor had been
arraignad and held for trial, brother of
the girl, walked up 70 him and deliberately
shot him d a. and walked ont of the court
room unmole~ted The shootingIs regard
ed as ju,tidable.
Three men were killed by boiler explo-
sion in Van Vert, Ohio, on the 2lst inst.
An order has been issued az the war de-
partment ordering the discontnuance of
the practice OF firing morning and eve
ming gun at all military posts except ut the
Tn ted stat military academy at Fort
Monroe, Va. and Fort Leavenworth, Kan
sas. III supply of powder used for thi,
purpose is exhausted and tie ordnance
department i, without fund, TO purchase
fresh upply.
DR.. c. V. Riley the entomologist Of the
agricultural department ha, gone to Cali
fornia 70 investi -ate, am ny other things,
the Co'tony Cushion scale, an in ect i'm
ported from Australia, which is report d
10 be doing immen, damage to the citru
orchards Of California.
Later returns. from the Buffalo fire re-
ducc the number OF killed. Several per
sons are missing, however and il is thought
their remains will be found in the debris.
\ destructive fire swept over Chautau-
qua. y. Y, on the 2l-t inst. Fifty cottage
and the new hotel were burned kown
Christian Az died on the 2lst inst "a his
home in Baltimore, aged 4year'. He was
widely known from his connection with
soti eties formed during the war for the re-
lief Of wounded soldiers.